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__**2017 Calendar Archives**__

 * January 18 - ** ** __Americanah__ by ** ** Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie at Anne's **
 * Quality of Writing: 8.86 (10, 9, 9, 9, 9, 8, 8) **
 * Are you glad you read it? 8.71 (10, 10, 10, 9, 8, 8, 6) **


 * February 15 - Gift Books discussion at Randy's **


 * March 15 - __A Gentleman in Moscow__ by Amor Towles at Molly's **
 * Quality of Writing: 8.78 (10, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 8, 8, 8) **
 * Are you glad you read it? 9.39 (10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 8.5, 8, 8) **


 * //Non-fiction group//: March 16. __The Return__ by Hisham Matar at Rigolo's at 1:00 pm **


 * April 19 - __The Underground Railroad__ by Colson Whitehead at Ellen's * 2017 Winner!!!! **
 * Quality of Writing: 9.00 (10, 10, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 8, 8) **
 * Are you glad you read it? 9.60 (10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 9, 9, 8) **


 * May 17 - __The Ballroom__ Anna Hope at Diane's **
 * Quality of Writing: 8.00 (9, 9, 8, 8, 8, 7, 7) **
 * Are you glad you read it? 8.29 (10, 9, 9, 9, 9, 8, 4) **


 * //Non-fiction group//: May 15. __The Island at the Center of the World__ by Hisham Russell Shorto at Rigolo's at 1:00 pm - Cancelled **


 * June 21 - __Color of Lightning__ Paulette Jiles at Carolyn's **
 * Quality of Writing: 8.44 (9, 9, 9, 9, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8) **
 * Are you glad you read it? 8.39 (10, 9.5, 9, 9, 9, 8, 8, 8, 5) **


 * July 19 - We are reading 2! books this month: **
 * __The Stranger__ by Albert Camus **
 * Quality of Writing: 9.10 (10, 10, 10, 10, 9. 9, 9, 9, 8, 7) **
 * Are you glad you read it? 8.60 (10, 10, 10, 10, 9, 9, 8, 8, 7, 5) **
 * and **
 * __The Meursault Investigation__ by Kamel Daoud at Cathy's **
 * Quality of Writing: 6.90 (8, 8, 7.5, 7.5, 7, 7, 7, 6, 6, 5) **
 * Are you glad you read it? 6.55 (8.5, 8, 8, 8, 7, 7, 6, 5, 5, 3) **

// **Non-fiction group:** // ** July 19 ** ** __Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI__ ** ** by David Grann **


 * August 16 - __House of Names__ by Colm Toibin at Janet's **
 * Quality of Writing: 8.52 (9.1, 9, 9, 9, 9, 6) **
 * Are you glad you read it? 8.30 (9, 9, 8.8, 8, 8, 7) **


 * September 20 - __Augustown__ by Kei Miller at Anne's **
 * Quality of Writing: 8.93 (9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 8.5) **
 * Are you glad you read it? 8.54 (9, 9, 9, 9, 8, 8, 7.8) **

// **Non-fiction group:** // ** Sept 18 ** ** __Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS__ by Joby Warrick. Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction 1:00 pm at Rigolo's **


 * October 18 - __The Fishermen__ by Chigozie Obioma at Mollie's **
 * Quality of Writing: 7.79 (9, 9, 8.5, 8, 8, 7, 5) **
 * Are you glad you read it? 8.07 (10, 9, 9, 8.5, 8, 6, 6) **


 * November 15 - __Skylark__ by Dezso Kosztolanyi at Carolyn's **
 * Quality of Writing: 8.72 (10, 9.5, 9, 9, 9, 8, 8, 8, 8) **
 * Are you glad you read it? 8.86 (10, 10, 9.5, 9.2, 9, 8, 8, 8, 8) **


 * //Non-fiction group//: Nov. 29 __Cleopatra__ by Stacy Schiff, 1:00 pm at Rigolo's **


 * December - ** ** Holiday Party! December 13 Fior d'Italia **

__**2016 Calendar Archives**__

 * January 20 - Gift Books....at Carolyn's **


 * February - ** ** __In the Light of What We Know__ by Zia Haider Rahman at Ellen's **


 * March - __The Secret Scripture__ by Sebastian Barry at Molly's **


 * April - __A Pagan Place__ by Edna O'Brien at Carol's ( 7:00 pm this month ) **


 * May - __When the Doves__ ** ** __Disappeared__ by Sofi Oksanen at Anne's **


 * June - __The Heart: A Novel__ by Maylis de Kerangal at Randy's **
 * Quality of Writing: 7.19 (9, 8.5, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 5) **
 * Content: 5.94 (8, 7.5, 7, 7, 6.5, 6.5, 4, 1) **


 * July - __The Sympathizer: A Novel__ by Viet Thanh Nguyen at Jean's **
 * Quality of Writing: 8.0 (9, 9, 8, 8, 8, 7, 7) **
 * Are you glad you read it? 9.14 (10, 10, 10, 9, 9, 9, 7) **


 * August - __Outline__ by Rachel Cusk at Janet's **
 * Quality of Writing: 7.625 (8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 7, 6) **
 * Are you glad you read it? 4.625 (7, 6, 6, 5, 4, 4, 3, 2) **


 * //Non-fiction group//: August 16. __The Wright Brothers__ by David McCullough at Rigolo **


 * September - __Mothering Sunday__ by Graham Swift at Cathy's ** ** * 2016 Winner! **
 * Quality of Writing: 8.61 (10, 9, 9, 9, 9, 8.5, 8, 8, 7) **
 * Are you glad you read it? 8.89 (10, 10, 10, 9, 9, 9, 8, 8, 7) **


 * October - __Maud's Line__ by Margaret Verble at Randy's **
 * Quality of Writing: 6.06 (7, 7, 7, 6.5, 6, 6, 5, 5, 5) **
 * Are you glad you read it? 7.33 (9, 8, 8, 8, 7, 7, 7, 6, 6) **


 * //Non-fiction group//: October 20th. __Hillbilly Elegy__ by J. D. Vance at Rigolo **
 * 11:15 am ** * Note this is earlier than originally scheduled.


 * November - __Department of__ __Speculation__ by Jenny Offill @ Carolyn's **
 * Quality of Writing: 8.22 (9, 9, 9, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 7) **
 * Are you glad you read it? 7.67 (10, 9, 9, 9, 8, 8, 7, 6, 3) **


 * December - Holiday Party! December 14 **


 * //Non-fiction group:// December 16th. __Secondhand Time__ by Svetlana Alexievich **
 * 11:30 am at Rigolo **

__**2015 Calendar Archives**__

 * January 21 - __The Forsyte Saga__ by John Galsworthy at Janet's**
 * February - [ Gift Books Discussion: see list in Book Suggestions ]**
 * March 18 - __Stoner__ by John Williams at Carolyn's** ** Favorite Book of 2015 **
 * April 15 - __Burial Rites__ by Hannah Kent at Ellen's**
 * May 20 - __Still Alice__ by Lisa Genova at Diane's**
 * June 17 - __Fourth of July Creek__ by Smith Henderson at Molly's**
 * July 15 - __Euphoria__ by Lily King at Cathy's**
 * August 19 - __The Way of All Flesh__ by Samuel Butler at Randy's**
 * September 16 - __The Heat of the Day__ by Elizabeth Bowen at Anne's**
 * October 21 - __Our Souls at Night__ by Kent Haruf at Ellen's**
 * November 18 - __The Year She Left Us__ by Kathryn Ma at Diane's**
 * December 9th! - Holiday Party!**

__**2014 Calendar Archives**__

 * January 15 -__The Goldfinch__ by Donna Tartt** **at Jean's**
 * February 19 - [ Gift Books Discussion: see list below ] Randy's**
 * March 19 -** __ **Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk** __ ** by Ben Fountain at Ellen's **
 * April 16 - __We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves__ by Karen Joy Fowler at Janet's**
 * May 21 -** __ **A Constellation of Vital Phenomena** __ ** by Anthony Marra at Carolyn's **
 * June 18 -** __ **Old Filth** __ ** by Jane Gardam at Anne's **
 * July 16 -**__ **The Good Lord Bird** __ ** by James McBride at Carol's **
 * August 20 -** __ **Schroder** __ ** by Amity Gaige at Cathy's **
 * September 17 - __Life After Life__ by Kate Atkinson at Janet's**
 * October 15 - __The Things They Carried__ by Tim O'Brien at Diane's if open!**
 * November 19 -__All the Light We Cannot See__ by Andrew Doerr at Molly's Favorite Book of 2014 **
 * December 10 ( Wednesday ) - Holiday Party!**

__**2013 Calendar Archives**__

 * January 16 - Bleak House by Charles Dickens at Molly's **
 * February 20 - [Gift Books Discussion] at Diane's **
 * March 20 - Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life,Death,and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo at Anne's Favorite Book of 2013 **
 * April 17 - The Color Purple by Alice Walker at Ellen's **
 * May 15 - Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward at Jean's **
 * June 19 - The Sojpacn by Andrew Krivak at Diane's **
 * July 17 - We the Animals by Justin Torres at Cathy's **
 * August 21 - Swimming Home by Deborah Levy at Molly's **
 * September 28 - 30th Anniversary Yountville Weekend! **** - In the Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddey Ratner - Jean's **
 * October 16 - Lord of Misrule by Jaimy Gordon at Carolyn's **
 * November 20 - The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson at Anne's **
 * December 11 - Holiday Party! **

__**2012 Calendar Archives**__

 * January 18th - East of Eden by John Steinbeck at Ellen's**
 * February 15th - [Gift Books Discussion] at Randy's**
 * March 21st - The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides at Janet's**
 * April 18 - Swamplandia by Karen Russell at Molly's**
 * May 16 - City of Thieves by David Benioff at Ellen's**
 * June 20 - The Art of Fielding by Chad Harback at Anne's**
 * July 18 - The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta at Cathy's**
 * August 15 - Child Wonder by Roy Jacobsen at Diane's**
 * September 19 - The Fixer by Bernard Malamud at Janet's.**
 * October 17 - Train Dreams by Denis Johnson at Carol's** **Favorite Book of 2012**
 * November 14 - A Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes at Carolyn's**
 * December 12 - Holiday Party**

__**2011 Calendar Archives**__

 * January 19th - Tinker's by Paul Harding - Molly's**
 * February 16th - Gift Book Discussion - Ellen's**
 * March 16th - Summertime by J.M. Coetzee - Jean's [ Research - Kathy]**
 * April 20th - Zoli by Colum McCann - Carol's [ Research - Randy & Ellen]**
 * May 18 - The Ambassadors by Henry James - Anne's [Research - ? ]**
 * June 15 - Room by Emma Donahue - Randy's** **Favorite Book of 2011**
 * July - Meeting postponed.**
 * August 17 - The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht - Cathy's**
 * September 21 - For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway - Anne's**
 * October 19 - The Day the Leader Was Killed by Naquib Mahfouz - Diane's * Bring book suggestions!**
 * November 16 - Catch 22 by Joseph Heller - Janet's**
 * December 14 - Holiday Party!** **- L'Olivier Restaurant**

__**2010 Calendar Archives**__

 * January 20th - Gift Book Discussion - Randy's**
 * February 17th - Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann - Carol's**
 * March 17th - Falling Man by Don DeLillo - Ellen's**
 * April 21 - Brooklyn by Colm Toibin - Jean's**
 * May 19 - Half of the Yellow Sun by Chimanda Adichie - Anne's**
 * June 16 - Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese - Carolyn's**
 * July 21 - The Vagrants by Yiyun Li - Cathy's**
 * August 18 - Lark & Termite by Jayne Anne Phillips -**
 * September 15 - The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara - Anne's**
 * October 20 - Every Man Dies Alone by Han Fallada, [translation Michael Hofmann] - Randy's**
 * November - Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell - Ellen's** **Favorite Book of 2010**
 * December 15th -** **Holiday Party - L'Olivier Restaurant**

__**2009 Calendar Archives**__
**January 21st -** **The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski** **- Janet's** **December 16th -** **Holiday Party - L'Olivier Restaurant**
 * February 18th - Report on Holiday Books - Randy's**
 * March 18th - Rabbit, Run by John Updike - Jean's**
 * April 15th - The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz** - **Janet's**
 * May 20th - Five Skies by Ron Carlson - Anne's** **Favorite Book of 2009**
 * June 17th - The Septembers of Shiraz by Dalia Sofer** - **Cathy's**
 * July 15th - Netherland by Joseph O'Neill - Diane's**
 * August 19th - The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean - Janet's**
 * September 16th - The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga - Carolyn's**
 * October 21st - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith - Molly's** **Runner-Up of 2009**
 * November 18th - Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri** - **Anne's**

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**October 15th - The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles - Molly's** **November 19th - The Story of a Marriage by Andrew Sean Greer - Carol's** **December 9th - Holiday Party - L'Olivier Restaurant - Gift Book Exchange and General Merriment**
 * April 19th - The Gathering by Anne Enright - Ellen's** * *25th Anniversary* ======
 * May 14th - Charity Project - Janet's - Time to be determined**
 * May 21st - The Brooklyn Follies by Paul Auster - Carolyn's**
 * June 18th - Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson - Cathy's** **Favorite Book of 2008**
 * July 16th - Run by Ann Patchett - Janet's**
 * August 20th - Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo - Anne's**
 * September 7th ( Sunday ) -** **Suite Francaise by Irene Nemerovsky**
 * 25th Anniversary Party : A Day in the Sun at Diane's**


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